{"id":126586,"date":"2017-10-25T05:28:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T09:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=126586"},"modified":"2017-10-25T05:28:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T09:28:49","slug":"da-eyes-incentives-for-organic-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/25\/da-eyes-incentives-for-organic-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"DA eyes incentives for organic farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103221\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/farmer519.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103221\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/farmer519.png\" alt=\"FILE: \u201cOur farmers need more information, more technology, more support because it\u2019s not easy to shift from traditional to organic method of farming,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said. (PNA photo)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/farmer519.png 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/farmer519-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/farmer519-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/farmer519-1024x768.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: \u201cOur farmers need more information, more technology, more support because it\u2019s not easy to shift from traditional to organic method of farming,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY \u2014 The Department of Agriculture (DA) is mulling on giving farmers who switch to organic farming extra perks to encourage them to contribute to the country\u2019s growing number of advocates of non-traditional method of agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking at giving tax incentives to organic farmers,\u201d Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol said in an interview at the sidelines of the agri-related events, the 3rd Climate Change and Agriculture Summit (CCAS) and the 14th National Organic Agriculture Congress (NOAC) held in this city on Tuesday (Oct. 24).<\/p>\n<p>Among the incentives being eyed for farmers adapting organic agricultural practices, Pi\u00f1ol said, is the provision of equipent and tools necessary to increase yield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur farmers need more information, more technology, more support because it\u2019s not easy to shift from traditional to organic method of farming,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n<p>He said organic agriculture is slowly gaining ground in the country as consumers are now more aware of the food they eat and preference for safe and healthy produce is now becoming the norm.<\/p>\n<p>As of December 2016, DA said the land area devoted to organic agriculture is now at 349,041 hectares of the total 9.671 million hectares of the country\u2019s agricultural land.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also reported that about 525,863 metric tons of organically grown products were produced by 116,558 famers and were distributed to 106 local and foreign destinations as of December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1ol said farmers will have more flexibility to use government funds according to their own needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will give them the money, and they can buy the kind of equipment they need,\u201d he said, adding this approach is more practical. (PNA\/Jigger J. 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